To Tristan

"You see them every day the lost, the hopeless, the lonely. But you do not stop to offer a kindly gesture. You walk with them through life the desperate, the needy, the suicidal. But you do not stop t..."

"A well, too deep, I now call home Desperation has trapped me here. All dark, no light, no silvery warmth Just Desperation, black and cold. I scratch the walls, I fall back down. It seems I can't esc..."

"He comes during the night, to kiss away the pain, sending gentle, grasping fingers massaging at my brain. A thousand grains of sand, each purer than the last, pouring down my eyes and throat in a sin..."

"The Desire washes over me fills my mind day and night. It is so very strong that it lays a thick blanket of sticky sweetness upon my tongue. Am I unholy to Desire so much? To want so desperately to be..."

"So many thingsYet  none completelike scattering shadowsbeneath our feet.A wisp, a mist,a fluttering cloud.To grasp, to create,to speak out loud.I t cannot be remadeor die,a silver stream,a deep blue s..."

"Rest sweetly, my Dreamer Evade this dark world and welcome the light you see within sleep. Sleep deeply, my Dreamer Replenish your soul with pictures and thoughts not real in this world. Forever, my D..."